In 2006, his voice was featured in the baseball-themed animated film Everyone's Hero. The Emmy Award–winning Office ran for nine seasons and ended in 2013.Įd Helms Photo: Heidi Gutman/NBC NewsWireīy the mid-2000s, Helms had also started to hit the big screen. After work on shows like Arrested Development and Sunday Pants, he landed a recurring role on the hit sitcom The Office, in which he portrayed Andy Bernard, a disgruntled employee who's prone to show his more open, sensitive side in spontaneous song, allowing Helms to showcase his musical prowess as a banjo player and singer. In 2002, Helms auditioned for Jon Stewart's The Daily Show and landed a spot on the popular cable comedy series, staying on for four years. Movies and TV Shows 'The Daily Show' and 'The Office' Bluegrass Situation, an annual festival that hosts bluegrass/Americana performances from a variety of artists. To this day, Helms continues to enjoy musical pursuits by co-presenting the L.A. Singing and Musical Interestsĭuring college, Helms made time for performance pursuits, studying improv and singing in the acapella group The Obertones. He eventually quit editing and did commercial voiceover work. He switched from being a geology major to focus on cinema, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in film theory and technology in 1996.Īfter Oberlin, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a video editor while also doing stand-up comedy and improv, including a stint with the city's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Helms pursued theatrical arts in high school and played guitar before going on to attend Oberlin College in Ohio. Helms was born on January 24, 1974, in Atlanta, Georgia. Helms is also a singer and guitarist/banjo player who presents an annual bluegrass festival. He later starred in the Emmy Award-winning sitcom The Office and in 2009, was one of the leads in the blockbuster film The Hangover. Ed Helms is an American actor who pursued a video-editing career while doing improv comedy, eventually landing a role on The Daily Show.
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